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90 Likeliness to Recommend
98 Plan to Renew
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87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
Emotional Footprint Overview
Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.
+95 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love Google Cloud?
Pros
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
- Security Protects
- Helps Innovate
How to read the Emotional Footprint
The Net Emotional Footprint measures high-level user sentiment towards particular product offerings. It aggregates emotional response ratings for various dimensions of the vendor-client relationship and product effectiveness, creating a powerful indicator of overall user feeling toward the vendor and product.
While purchasing decisions shouldn't be based on emotion, it's valuable to know what kind of emotional response the vendor you're considering elicits from their users.
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Feature Ratings
Access Management
Cloud Integration
Cloud Backup
Data Migration
Load Balancing
Analytics and Reporting
Capacity Management
Systems Performance Management
Multi Cloud Management
Regulatory Compliance
Workflow Management
Vendor Capability Ratings
Breadth of Features
Quality of Features
Business Value Created
Ease of Data Integration
Usability and Intuitiveness
Ease of Implementation
Availability and Quality of Training
Ease of IT Administration
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
Ease of Customization
Vendor Support
Google Cloud Reviews
Rahul S.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Consulting
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Feb 2023
Emerging Public Cloud Provider Leader
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Google Cloud from other similar products?
Google offers a competetive pricing model and world class products and offerings that are often used to power its own planet scale offerings
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Google Cloud offerings are easy to use, reliable, cost efficient and secure by default
What do you dislike most about this product?
Sometimes, Google may discontinue old services or kill off services, things change rapidly and frequently which needs a lot of upkeep
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If you are considering Google Cloud amongst other public cloud offering, GCP is the way to go for any new adoptions. Compared to other cloud offerings, GCP is price effective and is a lot more reliable. AWS and Azure dominate mainly because of existing enterprise users
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
Ronaldo S.
- Role: C-Level
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Jan 2023
Great performance, good console usability and fair
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Google Cloud from other similar products?
Using Google Compute Engine, I was able to increase the efficiency and scalability of my business without compromising performance or budget.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
I was very pleased with the performance of Google Compute Engine. It offered fast and reliable performance with no dropouts or interruptions. Also, the usability of the console is excellent, making it easy to manage my instances and settings. Still, the price is fair and competitive with other options on the market. Highly recommended.
What do you dislike most about this product?
I thought the documentation could be a little more detailed and easier to understand. Also, I had some difficulties with configuring some advanced options, which caused me to spend more time than expected.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Google Compute Engine was an excellent choice for my cloud computing needs. It solved a number of issues for me, including needing instant scalability and flexibility in managing my instances. Performance was excellent, with no drops or interruptions. I also appreciated the security and reliability that comes with using Google's platform.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Cons
- Commodity Features
Ismail D.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Jan 2023
Fully Managed Cloud Services
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Google Cloud from other similar products?
Very scalable applications are achievable in the Google cloud platform. The scalability feature of the platform is unique compared to other service providers
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The user interface of the service is intuitive and user-friendly. Furthermore, the services are fully managed thereby helping me to focus on developing my applications.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Some of the Google Cloud products such as Google cloud Bigquery is complex to use, especially for users who are new to SQL or data warehousing.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If used effectively, it can help businesses and organizations do a lot of services in a cost-effective and scalable manner.
Pros
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Inspires Innovation
- Saves Time
